[Leica] Red inflatable dinghy

[r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard Taylor)]

Lawrence - You're right.  I wanted to show the boat in it's  
environment.  Everyone who commented agreed this was the best shot, BTW.

As for the alternate without the red dink, you made an interesting  
comment about giving her more water to sail on, so I tried a square  
crop on it this morning, again just barely cropping the red dink out  
and this time leaving as much water as possible in, and think it looks  
pretty nice, vis:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2009_boating_pad/300_5480_sq_crop.jpg.html
or
http://tinyurl.com/kjlson

Thanks for you comments.

Regards,

Dick



On Sep 06, 2009, at 12:51 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote:

> Dick writes:
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2009_boating_pad/300_5480.jpg.html
>
>
>
> or
>
> http://tinyurl.com/knossx
>
>
> This, for me is the picture - the red of the hemmothing  is balanced  
> by
>
> the tiles of the mansion -  an overall excellent compostion , more
>
> atmospheric though, and less focussed on the boat , which was not your
>
> primary goal I think ...
>
>
>
> Finally, here's the alternate cropped so as to just clip the bow of
>
> the dinghy again.  Looking at it now, I'm thinking maybe this is the
>
> best one after all though it does feel a bit cramped to me.
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2009_boating_pad/300_5480_crop.jpg.html
>
>
>
> or
>
> http://tinyurl.com/ma4mfz
>
>
> Yes, but as in 1, leave her some more water to stay afloat, looks too
>
> shallow and dangerous as is ;-)
>
>
> Thanks Dick - a fine series and boat in any case.
>
> Bien cordialement
>
> Philippe
>
>
>
> What to you think?
>
>
> As to why they have an inflatable:  this boat is in charter service
>
> and I suspect often sails with total neophytes on board.  Inflatables
>
>
> are extremely stable and much easier for boating newbies to deal with
>
>
> than traditional dinks.  Also, red is a highly desirable color for
>
> safety that's probably why it was chosen, thinking again of the
>
> newbies and maybe insurance costs, too.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Dick
>
>
> - - - - - - - - -
>
>
> There is no really good place to mount a dinghy on deck on a  
> sailboat less
> than 40 feet long. And Sonny is right. Inflatables row poorly and  
> are blown
> around the water by the wind. They don't tow well either. A strong  
> wind gust
> or an errant wave can flip them over. Nor is deflating for storage  
> much of
> an asset. Most inflatables are blown up in the spring and deflated  
> when the
> snow falls. I don't think there is an insurance advantage either, at  
> least
> not for me. BUT inflatables are very kind to the finish on the  
> topsiders of
> a boat. It is almost impossible to scrape or gouge the paint with an
> inflatable. If the pretty sailboat is in charter service, the owners
> certainly want to avoid marring the topsides by inept handling of  
> the dinghy
> on the part of the charterers. Oh yes, another downside of  
> inflatables is
> that field mice have a taste for hypalon and PVC and will chew holes  
> in any
> inflatable that they can get at. This is not covered by insurance  
> either.
>
>
> Larry Z
>
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